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JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS III

601 Congress Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

February 14, 2014

VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

RE:       John Hancock Funds III (the “Trust”) on behalf of:

John Hancock Disciplined Value Fund

John Hancock Global Shareholder Yield Fund

John Hancock International Core Fund

John Hancock International Value Equity Fund

John Hancock Rainer Growth Fund

John Hancock Small Company Fund (the “Funds”)

File Nos. 333-125838; 811-21777

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the Trust, transmitted for filing pursuant to Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information for the Funds.

The interactive data files included as exhibits to this filing relate to the prospectus supplements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2014 on behalf of the Funds pursuant to Rule 497(e) (Accession No. 0001133228-14-000516), each of which is incorporated by reference into this Rule 497 Document.

If you have any questions or comments, please call me at (617) 663-4326.

Sincerely,

/s/ Andrew D. Wilkins

Andrew D. Wilkins

Assistant Secretary